Avatar
Please consider registering
guest
sp_LogInOut Log Insp_Registration Register
Register | Lost password?
Advanced Search
Forum Scope


Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
sp_Feed Topic RSSsp_TopicIcon
Who is your favourite wife and why?
August 11, 2012
7:49 am
Avatar
Gill
Australia
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 118
Member Since:
June 15, 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

My favourite wife (after AB of course!) would have to be Anne of Cleves. She comes across as genuinely nice and kind, and she seems to have had a real love of life after her divorce.

August 11, 2012
3:26 pm
Avatar
Boleyn
Kent.
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 2285
Member Since:
January 3, 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Gill firstly welcome aboard. We are a freindly bunch and enjoy lively debate and even sharing the odd joke or 2..
Yes like you I do admire AOC. she certainly exhibited a lot of good sence and used her head to get out of a bad situation with her head still attached to her shoulders.. I also think that she showed a tremendious amount of prudence after the divorce was over by generally staying out of the way and keeping her mouth shut about whatever Henry was doing. That in turn earned Henry’s respect, and they devoloped a life long freindship because of it.. I’ve said this before in a previous post, but I can’t help wondering if Henry had given his marriage to her a chance I think she would have made him happy.
The old Maxim Beauty is only skin deep it’s the person inside that really counts is just the right say for AOC. She may not have been much to look at but she was a truly beautiful person on the inside.

Semper Fidelis, quod sum quod

August 12, 2012
12:28 am
Avatar
Gill
Australia
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 118
Member Since:
June 15, 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Thanks for the welcome! Yes, I often think Henry threw away an opportunity to be happy with AOC. They seem to have got along well after the divorce, so clearly he liked her as a person. I think perhaps he had unrealistically high expectations of her before she arrived, that she couldn’t possibly have matched. Or maybe her first reaction to him before she realised who he was was a blow to his ego…who knows after 500 years. But whatever the reason, he had a huge dummy-spit and refused to see her for the lovely person she was while they were still married. I find it hard to believe it was just her looks – she isn’t recorded anywhere else as being particularly unattractive (I read somewhere that the Flanders Mare comment is not authentic, it was added to the story about a century later) and when Henry married Catherine Parr, Anne complained that KP was not as beautiful as herself – and no one thought that was an absurd comment!

August 12, 2012
1:24 am
Avatar
Anyanka
La Belle Province
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 2333
Member Since:
November 18, 2010
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Exactly Gill, the more I read about AOC, the more her personality and warmth shine through. had she and H remained married I can believe that she would be the one remembered as reconciling Henry and his children and she was also of an age to provide a Duke of York and some spares, both male and female.

Her friendship with Mary could have been the start of a whole blossoming royal family.

It's always bunnies.

August 13, 2012
6:48 pm
Avatar
Sharon
Binghamton, NY
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 2114
Member Since:
February 24, 2010
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Yes, it is a shame Henry was such a jerk when it came to AOC. She would have made him an excellent queen.

Forum Timezone: Europe/London
Most Users Ever Online: 214
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 1
Top Posters:
Anyanka: 2333
Boleyn: 2285
Sharon: 2114
Bella44: 933
DuchessofBrittany: 846
Mya Elise: 781
Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 1
Members: 425961
Moderators: 0
Admins: 1
Forum Stats:
Groups: 1
Forums: 13
Topics: 1679
Posts: 22775
Newest Members:
amaliaqy60, RobertRam, FredTip, judithqp18, Brandontouts, richardvy4
Administrators: Claire: 958